Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-07-22

thick, and so turned up that the nostrils APP
peared very large. He had fine eyes and
clear, ringing voice. lie was the best speaker
we have ever had in Indiana, and he brought
hearers who would go to no meetings but
those at winch he was to speak lie hnd
curious form OF paralysis some years before
ms death ana he appeared III the United
states senate on 'rutcheS lie was paraIyZed
at 'lle waist put MS MINDS ABOVE ana oelo"
acted perfectly. his paralysis came from
oVerwork ana 1t remained with nm 10 ms
death. 1t was sad that he was III great paln'
nut inns was mistake
"What kind of man was Schuyler Col
fax"
Gle was a man of considerable ability, but
lie was by no means Us great Morton. lie
vas good mixer. and in that respect was
Just the opposite of Dave Iurpie, the man
who was this year elected TO the United
States senate. Iurpie IS nervous, dlflident
and backward. lie would rather run away
from stranger than accost him. Tulpie and
CollaX once made tour Of the state tOgcth-
cr, holding debates at the leading towns
Hupe's strong hold is in invective. He can
he moro abusive and say more cutting things
than any man in Indiana lie IS employed as
q lawyer often when his counsel wish rim to
cut up the parties on the opposite side of the
case, and he will be the ingalls, Of the Demo-
cratic side of the chamber During his cam
paiSn with Colfax he abused CofaX terribly,
and Coltax would listen quietly while he
made his speeches. When he was through
Colfax would reply in the quietest manner,
saying only complimentary things of Tur-
pie or making his speech impersonal
At the close of the meeting Cofax wo ID
jump down among the audience and go to
shaking hands and kissing babies, while Tur-
pie would slip off by the quietest way to his
hotel and shut himself up i'll his room"
as Turpie man of much ability"
"Ies, lie is a good lawyer, and he knows
the law, too. He has wonderful memory,
and his head is filled with information. l re-
member ono time when he was very sick. 1t
was during the Franco rusSian war, and the
navy had not come as strongly to the support
OIL the ffehch government as IL should nave
done spoke oil TINS TO lurpe' ana he re-
pleu mat IL was not strange as TINS had been
inc history oil the navy Ill the past lie then
WSnI on ana reclted precedent after prece-
dent, giving names and dates and covering
long period OF time. was much surprised,
Tor al'h suppose mat Iurpe HAD done any
reading on inns subject Tor dozen years
4"at hI-hO l determined TO see II his state
hlenl5 were correct TOOK down my MS
tories ANA eh'Fc"peulhS ana lookei up the
matter from notes Whlrh had J"it"i down
uurlhS MS conversation lie was HSht to
tle very HuIIle anu u'''c'
#f#
ne Is a curious leIpW' thlS Dave Iu!pl".'
my friend went on Il nave known MN Tor
years anu nave been closely associated with
INN Tor two decades. lie will often pass you
without noticing you on the street and II
threc or ms 1ilehdS were standing III COM
pahy WIN one man ne uli not Ike he would
never stop 10 chat. lie mas great abhor-
renee OF vulgarlty, and II a vulgar story Is
tuiu Ill any company III "hlch he happens 10
De ne VIII get up ana Dart or IKE shot. lie Is
a man OF extremes lie elther llkes man or
he cont ike MN, anu II ne doh6 ike nm he
doh want 10 nave anything 10 90 with him.
lie Is Bourbon OF Bourbons In his Demo-
cratic politics. H. believes all the good to
be i'll his party and does not think great
amount exists i'll the Republican party. He
was in the senate, you know, once before.
This was along in the war times of the COS, and
he was elected for thirty days to fill an unex-
pred term. He made during this time vio-
lent anti-war speech and if he gets to the Sem
ate-for You know there is some question
about his election-he will make some
speeches which will go ringing around the
country"
as be a hard student!'
eyes; think he reads a good deal. and
every thng he reads seems to stick to him.
He has curious habits of reading. He be-
comes absorbed in his book, and the moment
he reaches point which he wishes to fix in
his mind he puts his book down and begins
to walk up and down the floor svith his head
bent over In few moments he will again
take up his book, but after such time you
can never dislodge the thought he has been
| trying to fix from his memory. He is a great
fellow to become absorbed in his reading.
He has often come into my room of an even
ing and, merely saying good night, taken up
a book, sat down and read for whole even
ing without speaking a word | have often
gone to bed and left him reading. When he
got through he would turn out the light and
! 20 away us quickly as he came lie is fond
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